Holme, C. Geoffrey (Editor)CHILDREN'S TOYS OF YESTERDAYLondon / New York Studio Limited / Studio Publications 1932 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Special Winter Number of "The Studio", 12 color plates, many additional b&w illustrations. This copy has been hand rebound with vellum spine and corners, brown patterned handmade paper boards, sewn signatures, spine lettered simply in black, binding signed PELL inside the rear cover. ; 8-1/4" x 11-1/4"; 128 pp; The colorful original front wrapper has been bound in. The paper it is printed on is foxed, causing foxing to the half-title page. A single spot of foxing inside the rear cover, none elsewhere. Light toning of page edges. Name inked on bookplate of Oakland Bay Unit of the United Federation of Doll Clubs.
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60.00 USD

Gillingham, Harrold E.EPHEMERAL DECORATIONS (Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 66)New York The American Numismatic Society 1932 First Edition Softcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Tan wraps, discusses medals issued by The Dukedom of Amelia, Florida, Araucania, Chancellerie de l'Obole, House of Lusignan, The Empire of Sahara, Sedang, Order of Saint Leon, The Cross of Trinidad and The High Court of Decorated Persons with a discussion and b&w plates for each.; 4-1/4" x 6-1/2"; 45+ pp; Wraps slightly worn, light toning of page edges.
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85.00 USD

The New England Watch CompanyNovelties in Chatelaine, Belt Watches for LadiesThe New England Watch Company (1902) Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket COSTUMES FOR THE SUMMER AND OUTING SEASON are necessarily light in weight and of material not adapted for the wearing of a Broach Watch. We meet this particular need with our Belt Watch, which is more attractive for being designed in the spirit of the various sports. White wraps with glassine covers, sewn, red cover illustrations with black lettering, catalog pages are illustrated in b&w. Rare, with no examples located in Worldcat. Not in Romaine.; 2" x 7"; [9] pp; This company was only in operation from 1898 to 1914. ; Some chipping to to front glassine cover, clean and unmarked within.
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60.00 USD

Blacker, J. F.THE A B C OF COLLECTING OLD CONTINENTAL POTTERYPhiladelphia George W. Jacobs & Co. Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Undated American edition (ca 1913). Oatmeal cloth, ragged right and bottom edges, halftone in-line illustrations and plates. ; 5-3/4" x 8-1/4"; 315 pp; Bookplate is that of Frederick W. Skiff and bears the initials WH in the design. Skiff was a noted collector and author of Adventures in Americana, a title on collecting published 1935 in Postland, Oregon. ; Near fine but for a slight tenderness of the front hinge, a slight darkening of the spine and a bookplate and prior ownership inscription inside the front cover.
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20.00 USD